Letter-file, &amp;c.



PATEN-TED FEB. 21. 1905.

H. SGHUGKAR.

LETTER FILE, &o. APPLICATION FILED D20. 7, 1903.

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No. 783,319. PATENTED FEB. 21, N05.

' H. SGHUGKAR.

LETTER FILE, &o.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. '7, 1903.

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fWMW XAQW lr anwsns .NITED STATES Patented February 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

LETTER-FILE, 81.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,319, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed December 7, 1903. Serial No. 184,151.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN SCHUCKAR, manufacturer, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at Nikolassee, near Berlin, in the German Empire,(whose post-office address is Villa Schuckar, Prinz Friedrich Leopoldstrasse, N ikolassee, near Berlin, aforesaid,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Letter Files or Appliances for Holding Loose Papers,Documents, and Similar Objects, of which the following is a specification. The present application relates to a file in which the loose sheets are held fast without being pierced by means of a contrivance capable of being secured at any height and in which the leaves or documents to be inserted are always evenly and securely in contact with the said contrivance, and the even insertion of the leaves to be fastened will be assisted by the arrangement of two elastic leaf-supports or register-adjusters, which open or stand up resiliently or automatically, thus greatly facilitating the insertion of the papers'to be held fast.

The present invention has the great advantage that the partitions fixed by the automatic filing apparatus, together with the loose sheets, are firmly clamped together by a spring provided with a bolt, which spring may be fixed at any height between two stationary holders, and that the partitions as well as the sheets are held in a suitable position by automatic leaf-supports.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate the inyention, Figure 1 shows a front view of the file. Fig. 2 shows a plan of the same. Fig. 3 shows a detail view of the fastening for the pin 77;. Fig. 4 shows a side view of the file. Fig. 5 shows afile in the form of a portfolio. Fig. 6 shows a partition with a tongue for guidance. Fig. 7 shows a portfolio-file with automatic register-adjusters open. Fig. 8 shows a modification of Fig.

7. Fig. 9 shows such a portfolio closed. Fig. 10 is a plan of the portfolio open.

Two holders c, furnished with holes, slits, or some such contrivance, are fixed in a port' folio b or in a case (a A broad spring (Z, expanding upward, is provided with a pin 6 and bolt appliance f. This spring lies firmly on the edge of the loose sheets that are to be filed, and thus insures a correct working of the apparatus, preventing the spring from tilting or slipping even though the file is unevenly filled. The partitions i for dividing the sheets to be filed alphabetically have perforated tongues It on their rear edges centrally arranged. A broad incision is made in the rear wall of the portfolio, into which these tongues are adapted to fit. A tubular guidepin g is fixed in this incision at the bottom thereof, and the tongues are held in place by this pin. The partitions are filed on the guide g, which incloses a pin 7:. This pin K? has a head Z secured to its upper end, and the pin, with its head, is held in the guide g by means of a fastening-plateau, which rests above said head and is secured in position. like a bayonet catch, by the slots m therein and pins m, placed on each side of the recess in which the guide g and pin are placed. When the file is full and partitions c' as well as the inserted letters and documents are to be taken out of the case, the pins it hold the partitions 9,1 in their place, so that they can at oncebe placed in a empty portfolio, Fig. 5, and fixed by a spring.

The arrangement of the tongues h on the partitions c' renders it very simple to control and hold the partitions serving as registers. These tongues may be strengthened with linen or similar material to render them more durable, or they may be made entirely of linen.

The working of this file is simplified by the automatic leaf-supports or register-adjusters, Figs. 7 to 9. The partitions and sheets are thus not only easily turned and changed, but an accurate and even insertion of the sheets to be filed is also effected, so that the broad spring cl will always lie equally upon the edges of the leaves. The leaf-su p ports or register-adjusters 11. are held at the desired angle by a tape 0 or similar device, as shown in Fig. 7. In the type or fornrrepresented in Fig. 7 the register-adjusters being made of cardboard folded longitudinally are resilient. In the other type or form, Fig. 8, coiled springs 19 are provided. These springs tend to fold up the leaf-support into the supporting position shown in Fig. 8 when the portfolio is opened. Thus when the portfolio is opened the register-adjusters rise automatically and hold the sheets in a convenient position. WV hen the portfolio is closed, also the register-adjuster will be folded.

Instead of slits the holders 0 may also be provided with projections or similar devices against which the expanded spring cl rests, the principle of the said invention being unaltered.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A file for papers and the like, consisting of a receptacle, register-partitions being secured therein, an adjustable spring for securing said partitions, a locking device for said spring and leaf-supports or register-adjusters in said receptacle for supporting the contents of the file when the same is open, substantially as described.

2. A file for papers and the like, consisting of a receptacle, registerpartitions secured thereto, leaf-supports and means whereby said supports Will rise automatically, substantially 

